Kerrang! caught up with Jared on his trip to Haiti last month. Jared talks of the experience during his visit and the Photo Book of Haiti he is releasing to raise money toward aid for the country. Check out the article on the latest issue of Kerrang! – in stores now.

Photos From Doctor Night

Theme Night in Denver, Colorado was Doctor/Medical Night, and the band and audience geared up in their scrubs, stethescopes, and homemade MARS Asylum uniforms. Check out some of the photos HERE and share your photos as a comment on the page!

Each week we’ll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @30STMVOTE’s avatar cleverly promotes the Closer to the Edge song, with images, lyrics, and even a link to the video:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

In Clinch’s multilayered, pastoral second novel (after Finn), a death among three elderly, illiterate brothers living together on an upstate New York farm raises suspicions and accusations in the surrounding community. After their beloved mother, Ruth, dies, Audie, considered mentally « fragile, » is devastated, but goes on tending to the Carversville farm with his brothers Vernon and Creed. Family histories and troubles are divulged in short chapters by a cacophony of characters speaking in first person. Secrets and hidden alliances are revealed. Inspired by the Ward brothers (of the 1992 documentary My Brother’s Keeper), Clinch explores family dynamics in this quiet storm of a novel that will stun readers with its power.

Movie of the Week

The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher and features an ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara. Aaron Sorkin adapted his screenplay from Ben Mezrich’s 2009 nonfiction book The Accidental Billionaires. Neither founder Mark Zuckerberg nor any other member of the Facebook team were involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich’s story. The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010 to critical acclaim.

Album of the Week

Looks is the debut album by MSTRKRFT, released on July 18, 2006. All songs were written by Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P. The cover art was designed by Seripop and won the Juno award for Best CD/DVD Cover Design of the Year in 2007. In the 15-21 June 2006 edition of The Stranger, Keeler explains the origin of the album’s title: « My girlfriend and I were watching American Idol, and judge Randy critiqued this one girl as having ‘the looks’ but not the talent. So we laughed at this intangible thing ‘the looks’ that can be good or bad, and later it became [our] album title. Because if you think about it, it doesn’t mean anything, especially in terms of our album. »

Website of the Week

The demonstrations in Egypt could end three decades of repressive rule and bring, at long last, freedom and democracy to Egypt. The regime is attempting to starve the protest movement of two crucial sources of power: information and solidarity. But despite the internet blackout, Egyptian radios and satellite TVs can still receive broadcasts from across the border — so Avaaz will work with broadcasters whose signals reach inside Egypt to circulate the number signatures on this statement of solidarity, along with messages of support from around the world for Egypt’s people. Sign the statement of solidarity–and spread the word about this campaign!